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LAICIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce to lay status

Example:

laicize the parochial schools

Synonyms:

laicise; laicize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "laicize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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